Home Secretary Theresa May was accused of dishonesty by furious Tories last night after breaking her promise to let MPs vote on the European Arrest Warrant.

Outraged MPs tore into the Home Secretary after hearing a long-awaited Commons vote on EU justice measures would not specifically cover the contentious arrest warrant, which allows police to quickly extradite suspected criminals from EU countries.

Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said: “The Home Secretary is playing fast and loose with very serious issues. She is scared of a rebellion.”

The Government faced its first backlash yesterday when MPs voted on whether to proceed to a debate and a final vote on the justice measures.

Last month Mr Cameron had promised MPs they would get a vote on the warrant, which all three Party leaders back.

But as proceedings got under way last night, Speaker John Bercow revealed the vote would not actually cover the warrant – MPs would be voting on just 11 of the 35 measures in the package.

In an extraordinary outburst, the impartial Speaker chastised the Government for “trying to slip things through”. “This is a rather sorry saga,” Mr Bercow said.

The Coalition’s majority was slashed to just nine as dozens of furious Tories and Lib Dems voted against their Government’s “sly” approach.

Senior Tory MP Bill Cash fumed: “This is a travesty of our Parliamentary proceedings. It is a lack of transparency and it is a lack of honesty.”

Jacob Rees-Mogg, slammed the “underhand” attempt to force the arrest warrant through without a proper vote. “This is the way of tyranny,” he raged.

Tory and Lib Dem MPs were hastily recalled to the Commons from bars and restaurants as Labour forced a second vote at 8pm that would have seen the issue set aside for a proper debate and vote today or tomorrow.

David Cameron even raced back from the Lord Mayor of London’s annual banquet in a dinner jacket to cast his vote.

Eventually the Government mustered up enough MPs to defeat Labour’s attempt to have the final vote delayed.

The package of EU justice measures finally went through in a third vote, with 36 furious Tory MPs rebelling.